Facing Our Faults

is not easy

 

An act we like to complain about

is likely one of our own faults

If we face the truth and change

fault-finding might get results

 

It takes a fool to know one

we have heard this for many a day

What we know is what we've done

that's how experience has its say

 

If we begin the day by observing

and stifle our complaints

We will see in the faults of others

how to apply our own restraints

 

We have learned that life's not easy

not well understood by the young

We will face a host of new problems

until the last song is sung

 

If we concentrate on improvement

we could possibly find success

Better to be part of the solution

than being someone knowing less

 

Words as usual are like air

their effects are usually thin

They come and go like vapors

not what we need to begin

 

It is never about what we write

or even about what we say

Some action is called for, my friend

finding the solution is the only way

 

The way to perdition is easy

effort is a bit more sound

What we need to do is our best

its all even saints have ever found

Author's Note

It is correct to think we not they

Reviews

[Brittany]

Wow! I really think your going to be the nexet Shel Silverstein with a huge book of poems. You write so meaningfully about such important topics. Wonderful Job as always. :D

[Fairy Tales]

very cool.